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Weekend Roundtable: Best Celebrity Animation Voice Casting

Josh Zyber — Fri, 15 Jun 2018 17:00:38 +0000

All of the major Hollywood studios love to hire notable celebrities to do voices in their big, expensive animated movies. Far too often, this stunt-casting is more distracting than effective. Sometimes, however, the right voice can be a perfect fit for a character, as in some of this week’s Roundtable picks. Deirdre Crimmins Though nearly...

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A Purr-fect Time for a Contest – Win ‘Puss in Boots’ on Blu-ray!

Josh Zyber — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 14:00:49 +0000

Any week that starts off with a free Blu-ray giveaway is a good week. Let’s kick things off today by giving you a chance to win a copy of ‘Puss in Boots’ on Blu-ray. That sounds good, doesn’t it? Follow after the break for all the details on how you can win. The animated ‘Shrek’...

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Blu-ray Highlights for 2/21/12 – Here, Kitty Kitty…

Josh Zyber — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:00:54 +0000

Welcome back from another long weekend, folks. We hope you had a good one. This week’s selection of new Blu-ray discs gives us a diverse assortment of titles, from the latest installment in an animated franchise that just won’t die, to a failed Oscar-bait bio-pic, to (ugh) Channing Tatum. Let’s take a look. Here’s the...

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Weekend Movies: Shakespeare, Jack Sparrow and a Talking Cat Walk into a Bar…

Luke Hickman — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 17:00:27 +0000

Oddly enough, of the three wide openers this weekend, the movie with the biggest star (Johnny Depp) is getting the smallest release. An animated feline outlaw is opening the widest, while Justin Timberlake’s futuristic sci-fi thriller falls somewhere in between the two. Knowing that ‘The Rum Diary‘ is based on another Hunter S. Thompson novel,...

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Now Playing: ‘Puss in Boots’ Is the Cat’s Meow

Luke Hickman — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:00:11 +0000

I’m an odd fan of the movies set in the ‘Shrek‘ universe. The way I see it, the original ‘Shrek’ is a mediocre family flick. The best of the series, ‘Shrek 2’ is absolutely hilarious. ‘Shrek the Third’ is downright awful, completely unwatchable. And ‘Shrek Forever After’ is on the same level as the original,...

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Movie Madness: Blade vs. Shrek – Morpheus vs. Kahm

Aaron Peck — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 19:00:24 +0000

Monday’s Movie Madness matchups were pretty lopsided battles. Horror mainstay Freddy Krueger easily dispatched of Frank Martin. Apparently, Martin fell asleep and couldn’t transport himself out of the dream before Freddy got hold of him. Then Hannibal Lecter easily moved onto the next round by literally eating Captain Hook for breakfast. Today we have vampire...

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Blu-ray Highlights for 12/7/10: What Are You Buying?

Josh Zyber — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 14:00:14 +0000

The biggest movie of the year comes out on Blu-ray this week. Unfortunately, beyond that, there’s not too much else of interest. Here’s the release slate: ‘2010 World Series Film: Texas Rangers vs. San Francisco Giants‘ (Shout Factory) ‘About Last Night…‘ (Image) ‘Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright‘ (Maya) ‘Alice in Wonderland (2010)...

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Weekend Box Office: ‘Toy Story’ Stays on Top

Drew Taylor — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 17:00:23 +0000

Some pretty big heavy-hitters were added to the box office roller derby this weekend. Yet the combined star wattage of Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz, Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, and a bunch of unfunny, pot-bellied has-been comedians (Kevin James, David Spade, etc.) couldn’t dislodge our favorite toys from the top spot. The weekend box office showcased...

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Weekend Box Office: Pretty Much What You’d Expect

Drew Taylor — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:00:21 +0000

The weekend panned out like pretty much everyone (myself included) expected it to: ‘Toy Story 3’ made (deservedly) a whole bunch of money while ‘Jonah Hex’ made (deservedly) very little. But the story, and the surprise, was in how much – or how very little – each movie made. The devil’s in the details. It’s...

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Weekend Box Office: ‘A-Team’ Is A-Bomb

Drew Taylor — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 16:00:38 +0000

You might want to call on ‘The A-Team’ if you have some problem with a rogue dictatorship or need something blown up real good. But if you want to bring in a sturdy box office hit, you may need to look elsewhere. In fact, the team of incredibly macho men got their asses handed to...

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Weekend Box Office: Drab, Drab, Drab

Drew Taylor — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 20:14:55 +0000

Well, this was the latest limp weekend of the creatively deadened summer 2010 season. Read on for the complete rundown! After the colossally disappointing Memorial Day weekend, the studios were hoping that a handful of new releases would liven up the box office: ‘Marmaduke,’ ‘Get Him to the Greek,’ ‘Splice,’ and ‘Killers‘. Sadly, that didn’t...

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Weekend Box Office: Shrek Won

Drew Taylor — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 19:00:56 +0000

Howdy folks! I wasn’t here yesterday to deliver you the ever-exciting results from the weekend box office because: 1.) It was Memorial Day, and I was loading up on hot dogs, hamburgers, and bad decisions, and 2.) At the start of the day (pre-hot dogs), the studios and box office witch doctors weren’t exactly sure...

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